2018-19 Tusculum Baseball News

INDIANAPOLIS --- Tusculum University pitcher Charles Hall led the nation in strikeouts while infielder Trey Hinton was tops in the country in base on balls per game with the release of the final 2019 NCAA Division II statistics.

ROCK HILL, S.C. --- One-hundred-and-eighty-nine (189) Tusculum student-athletes have been named to the 2018-2019 South Atlantic Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll. The conference had a league record 1,736 student-athletes honored for their achievements in the classroom.

GREENSBORO, N.C. --- Tusculum University second baseman Daulton Martin makes it a clean sweep by being named to the 2019 American Baseball Coaches Association/Rawlings NCAA Division II All-America first team.

MARSHALL, Minn. --- Tusculum University’s Daulton Martin has been selected as the first team second baseman for the 2019 Division II Conference Commissioners Association (D2CCA) Baseball All-America Team.

PEMBROKE, N.C. --- Tusculum University second baseman Daulton Martin has been named to the NCAA Division II All-America first team as selected by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA).

GREENSBORO, N.C. --- Tusculum University’s Charles Hall and Daulton Martin have been named to the NCAA Division II All-Southeast Region first team as selected by the American Baseball Coaches Association.

WINGATE, N.C. --- Tusculum University’s Daulton Martin and Charles Hall have been named to the 2019 NCAA Division II All-Southeast Region Team as selected by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA).

GREENEVILLE, Tenn. --- Three-hundred-and-nine (309) student-athletes have been named to the 2019 Tusculum University Athletic Director’s Spring Honor Roll announced Doug Jones, vice president of athletics and university initiatives.

DALLAS, Texas --- Tusculum University catcher Nate Montgomery has been named to the 2019 Google Cloud NCAA Division II Academic All-District III Baseball first team as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).

ROCK HILL, S.C. --- The South Atlantic Conference announced on Thursday that Tusculum University baseball pitcher Mitch McCain will be one of two inaugural recipients of the Bob McCloskey Insurance (BMI) Postgraduate Scholarship. The female recipient of the SAC Postgraduate Scholarship is Wingate University volleyball standout Anna Holmquist.

GREENEVILLE, Tenn. --- Widchard Guervil, Annie McCullough and Nicole McMillen were named the Tusculum University Athletes of the Year at “An Evening with the Pioneers” Tuesday night at Pioneer Arena. Over 600 student-athletes, coaches and guests were in attendance at the event, which honors Tusculum’s student-athletes for both on the field and off the field success.

KODAK, Tenn. --- Colin Allman went 3-for-4 with two RBI to lead top-seeded Newberry College to a 10-6 win over No. 4 seed Tusculum University in day two action of the Pilot/Flying J South Atlantic Conference Baseball Tournament Saturday at Smokies Stadium.

KODAK, Tenn. --- Catawba College’s Josh Raper drove in the tying and game-winning runs with his two-run single in the eighth inning to advance the third-seeded Indians to a 5-4 win over No. 4 seed Tusculum University to advance in the 2019 Pilot/Flying J South Atlantic Conference Baseball Tournament at Smokies Stadium.

ROCK HILL, S.C. --- For a 20th consecutive year, the Tusculum University baseball team has qualified for the South Atlantic Conference postseason and will be the No. 4 seed at the 2019 Pilot/Flying J SAC Championship. The eight-team, five-day championship is being held at Smokies Stadium in Kodak, Tennessee from Apr. 25-29.

GREENEVILLE, Tenn. --- Nate Montgomery finished the day with seven RBI while Bryson Ford had a walk-off single in the night-cap as the Tusculum University baseball team swept a South Atlantic Conference doubleheader over visiting Lenoir-Rhyne University Monday at Pioneer Park.

GREENEVILLE, Tenn. --- Senior Jarel McDade drove in the first two runs of the game but it was an error on his ground ball in the 12th inning that brought home the game-winner in Tusculum’s 4-3 walk-off victory over Lenoir-Rhyne on a rainy Saturday afternoon at Pioneer Park.

GREENEVILLE, Tenn. --- The Lee University baseball team jumped out to a 6-0 lead and held off several Tusculum University rallies as the Flames outslugged the Pioneers 14-10 in a non-conference game Tuesday night at Pioneer Park.

GREENEVILLE, Tenn. --- The Tusculum University baseball team rallied from a 5-0 deficit in Saturday’s second game with seven unanswered runs as the Pioneers split a South Atlantic Conference doubleheader with 28th-ranked Lincoln Memorial University.

BRISTOL, Tenn. --- Austin Meyer went 3-for-4 including his game-winning two-run double in the eighth inning to lead King University to a 12-10 non-conference win over visiting Tusculum University Tuesday afternoon.